Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) has warned Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to stop discrediting the
organisation in his “avowed resolve to douse religious tension in Nigeria and
win the heart of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari”.
Osinbajo, last week, said there
was no agenda to Islamise Nigeria and that no one could possibly do so.
He also berated Christian leaders
for raising alarm on the issue.
Reacting, President of CAN, Rev
Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, urged Osinbajo to cross check his facts well before
making public remarks on the matter next time.
In a statement on Wednesday
signed by his spokesman, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Ayokunle noted that most
Christian leaders in Nigeria were taken aback by the remarks credited to
Osinbajo and had sought the intervention of the leadership of CAN to set the
record straight with documented facts pointing towards the verity of plot by
the present government to Islamise Nigeria.
The CAN President said Osinbajo
was indeed, oblivious of certain happenings, stressing that the body of Christians
in Nigeria have long been aware of the grand plot to Islamise Africa, with
Nigeria as a major focus.
He insisted that the Nigerian
government has been working in tandem with the Organisation Of Islamic
Countries (OIC) and Islam In Africa Organisation to achieve this.
He said, “The OIC met in London
in 1983 with a follow up meeting in Nigeria in 1989 and had issued a communiqué
to Islamize Africa with Nigeria capturing a great attention. This is a public
knowledge while facts could be obtained from Wikipedia with links on OIC’s
Conference in London, 1983 and Abuja Declaration of 1989.
“It is also a matter of fact that
Nigeria was later made an observer member of the body (OIC) through General
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. Under General Sani Abacha, another Muslim leader,
Nigeria was made full member in total violation of the constitution that the
nation is secular and our government should not be religiously partisan.
“From then on, conscious efforts
were on to draw Nigeria into joining different Islamic organizations in keeping
with the resolutions of OIC & Islam in Africa Organization (IAO). (See
their communiqué tagged ‘Abuja Declaration of 1989).”
Ayokunle said that CAN has not
been opposing, and will not oppose Islamic evangelism in any part of Nigeria,
even if done with the support of the government since Christians also
evangelise, but that the Christian body will never support any government to
make Islam a State religion under any guise.
“We are not opposed to Islamic
evangelism by any Muslim group if done with a peaceful motive. The Christians
also exercise their constitutional rights to do so through revivals and gospel
rallies. But we are opposed to the government of Nigeria adopting Islamic
resolutions aimed towards a compelling of this country, contrary to the
dictates of the constitution”
CAN, however, advised Osinbajo to
use his office to correct the imbalance in the Nigerian system and other
alleged unconstitutional actions noted with the government in order to reduce
tension in the polity.
“Our worry as a body is that
Nigeria started getting active in international Islamic alliances and
organizations in total violation of the constitution. But the Vice President
seems not conscious of this and the motive behind adoption of the Sukkuk Bond.
“Then we ask, Is Sukkuk
constitutional? Is Sukkuk not part of the resolutions of OIC & IAO Is it
not part of Nigeria’s adoption of Islamic sharia and financial system that it
is mandatory for all governments in Africa subscribing to Islam?
“We also ask why the present
government joined Islamic Military Alliance against terrorism? Are we an
Islamic nation to so do? Can’t Nigeria fight terrorism without joining Islamic
coalition? Why would the government continue to consciously heat up the
polity?” the body quipped.
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